Method and device for reporting channel state information

ABSTRACT

Provided are a method and a device for reporting channel state information (CSI) in a wireless communication system. A wireless device receives a first uplink grant for indicating that a transmission of a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) is triggered by a second uplink grant in a first subframe on a Licensed-Assisted Access (LAA) cell. The first uplink grant requests a report of an aperiodic CSI. The wireless device computes the aperiodic CSI based on a valid subframe no later than the first subframe in which the first uplink grant is received.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a Continuation Application of U.S. patentapplication Ser. No. 16/318,411, filed on Jan. 17, 2019, which is theNational Stage filing under 35 U.S.C. 371 of International ApplicationNo. PCT/KR2017/008578, filed on Aug. 8, 2017, which claims the benefitof U.S. Provisional Application Nos. 62/371,867 filed on Aug. 8, 2016,62/384,727 filed on Sep. 8, 2016, 62/420,523 filed on Nov. 10, 2016, and62/420,526 filed on Nov. 10, 2016, the contents of which are all herebyincorporated by reference herein in their entirety.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to wireless communication, and moreparticularly, to a method of reporting a power headroom in a wirelesscommunication system, and a device using the method.

Related Art

With the explosive increase in mobile data traffic in recent years, aservice provider has utilized a wireless local area network (WLAN) todistribute the data traffic. Since the WLAN uses an unlicensed band, theservice provider can address a demand for a significant amount of datawithout the cost of an additional frequency. However, there is a problemin that an interference phenomenon becomes serious due to a competitiveWLAN installation between the providers, quality of service (QoS) cannotbe guaranteed when there are many users, and mobility cannot besupported. As one of methods for compensating this, a long termevolution (LTE) service in the unlicensed band is emerged.

LTE in unlicensed spectrum (LTE-U) or licensed-assisted access using LTE(LAA) is a technique in which an LTE licensed band is used as an anchorto combine a licensed band and an unlicensed band by the use of carrieraggregation (CA). A user equipment (UE) first accesses a network in thelicensed band. A base station (BS) may offload traffic of the licensedband to the unlicensed band by combining the licensed band and theunlicensed band according to a situation.

The LTE-U may extend an advantage of LTE to the unlicensed band toprovide improved mobility, security, and communication quality, and mayincrease a throughput since the LTE has higher frequency efficiency thanthe legacy radio access technique.

Unlike the licensed band in which exclusive utilization is guaranteed,the unlicensed band is shared with various radio access techniques suchas the WLAN. Therefore, each communication node acquires a channel to beused in the unlicensed band in a contention-based manner, and this iscalled a carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance(CSMA/CA). Each communication node must perform channel sensing beforetransmitting a signal to confirm whether a channel is idle, and this iscalled clear channel assessment (CCA).

A power headroom is used to provide a base station with information on adifference between maximum transmit power of a device and estimatedpower for uplink transmission. In an unlicensed band, since CCA isperformed before uplink transmission, the uplink transmission cannot beperformed if a channel is occupied by another device. There may be adifference between a power headroom to be reported and actual uplinktransmission, and this causes an interference between devices.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention provides a method for reporting a power headroomin an unlicensed band and a device using the method.

In an aspect, a method for reporting a power headroom in a wirelesscommunication system is provided. The method includes receiving, by awireless device, initial downlink control information (DCI) in a firstsubframe from a serving cell, wherein the initial DCI includes a uplink(UL) grant and a triggering flag, the UL grant indicating a resourceallocation for a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), the triggeringflag indicating a triggering of a transmission of the PUSCH bytriggering DCI, receiving, by the wireless device, the triggering DCI ina second subframe from the serving cell, calculating, by the wirelessdevice, a power headroom for the serving cell, wherein the powerheadroom is calculated without considering a transmission format of thePUSCH, and reporting, by the wireless device, the calculated powerheadroom to the serving cell in a third subframe on the PUSCH.

In another aspect, a device for reporting a power headroom in a wirelesscommunication system includes a transceiver configured to transmit andreceive a radio signal, and a processor operatively coupled to thetransceiver. The processor is configured to instruct the transceiver toreceive initial downlink control information (DCI) in a first subframefrom a serving cell, wherein the initial DCI includes a uplink (UL)grant and a triggering flag, the UL grant indicating a resourceallocation for a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), the triggeringflag indicating a triggering of a transmission of the PUSCH bytriggering DCI, instruct the transceiver to receive the triggering DCIin a second subframe from the serving cell, calculate a power headroomfor the serving cell, wherein the power headroom is calculated withoutconsidering a transmission format of the PUSCH, and instruct thetransceiver to report the calculated power headroom to the serving cellin a third subframe on the PUSCH.

In still another aspect, a method for reporting a power headroom in awireless communication system is provided. The method includesreceiving, by a wireless device, a first uplink (UL) grant in a firstserving cell, the first UL grant including a resource allocation of afirst physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) for reporting a powerheadroom, receiving, by the wireless device, initial downlink controlinformation (DCI) in a second serving cell, the initial DCI including asecond UL grant and a triggering flag, the second UL grant indicating aresource allocation for a second PUSCH, the triggering flag indicating atriggering of a transmission of the second PUSCH by triggering DCI,calculating, by the wireless device, a first power headroom for thefirst serving cell and a second power headroom for the second servingcell, and transmitting, by the wireless device, the first and secondpower headrooms on the first PUSCH in a subframe n, If the triggeringDCI is not received in a subframe n-q or before then, the second powerheadroom is calculated by assuming that the second PUSCH is nottransmitted, where n is a natural number and q is a natural numbersatisfying q>=1.

It is possible to reduce interference caused by uplink transmissionbetween devices.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 shows an example of a long term evolution (LTE) service using anunlicensed band.

FIG. 2 shows an example of a media access control (MAC) control element(CE) used in a power headroom report (PHR).

FIG. 3 shows uplink (UL) transmission in 3rd generation partnershipproject (3GPP) according to the conventional technique.

FIG. 4 shows an example of proposed 2-stage UL scheduling.

FIG. 5 shows a PHR according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a wireless communication systemaccording to an embodiment of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS

A wireless device may be fixed or mobile, and may be referred to asanother terminology, such as a user equipment (UE), a mobile station(MS), a mobile terminal (MT), a user terminal (UT), a subscriber station(SS), a personal digital assistant (PDA), a wireless modem, a handhelddevice, etc. The wireless device may also be a device supporting onlydata communication such as a machine-type communication (MTC) device.

A base station (BS) is generally a fixed station that communicates withthe wireless device, and may be referred to as another terminology, suchas an evolved-NodeB (eNB), a base transceiver system (BTS), an accesspoint, etc.

Hereinafter, it is described that the present invention is appliedaccording to a 3rd generation partnership project (3GPP) long termevolution (LTE) based on 3GPP technical specification (TS). However,this is for exemplary purposes only, and thus the present invention isalso applicable to various wireless communication networks.

In a carrier aggregation (CA) environment or a dual connectivityenvironment, the wireless device may be served by a plurality of servingcells. Each serving cell may be defined with a downlink (DL) componentcarrier (CC) or a pair of a DL CC and an uplink (UL) CC.

The serving cell may be classified into a primary cell and a secondarycell. The primary cell operates at a primary frequency, and is a celldesignated as the primary cell when an initial network entry process isperformed or when a network re-entry process starts or in a handoverprocess. The primary cell is also called a reference cell. The secondarycell operates at a secondary frequency. The secondary cell may beconfigured after an RRC connection is established, and may be used toprovide an additional radio resource. At least one primary cell isconfigured always. The secondary cell may be added/modified/released byusing higher-layer signaling (e.g., a radio resource control (RRC)message).

A cell index (CI) of the primary cell may be fixed. For example, alowest CI may be designated as a CI of the primary cell. It is assumedhereinafter that the CI of the primary cell is 0 and a CI of thesecondary cell is allocated sequentially starting from 1.

FIG. 1 shows an example of an LTE service using an unlicensed band.

A wireless device 130 establishes a connection with a 1st BS 110, andreceives a service through a licensed band. For traffic offloading, thewireless device 130 may receive a service through an unlicensed bandwith respect to a 2nd BS 120.

The 1st BS 110 is a BS supporting an LTE system, whereas the 2nd BS 120may also support other communication protocols such as a wireless localarea network (WLAN) in addition to LTE. The 1st BS 110 and the 2nd BS120 may be associated with a carrier aggregation (CA) environment, and aspecific cell of the 1st BS 110 may be a primary cell. Alternatively,the 1st BS 110 and the 2nd BS 120 may be associated with a dualconnectivity environment, and a specific cell of the 1st BS 110 may be aprimary cell. In general, the 1st BS 110 having the primary cell haswider coverage than the 2nd BS 120. The 1st BS 110 may be called a macrocell. The 2nd BS 120 may be called a small cell, a femto cell, or amicro cell. The 1st BS 110 may operate the primary cell and zero or moresecondary cells. The 2nd BS 120 may operate one or more secondary cells.The secondary cell may be activated/deactivated by an indication of theprimary cell.

The above description is for exemplary purposes only. The 1st BS 110 maycorrespond to the primary cell, and the 2nd BS 120 may correspond to thesecondary cell, so that the cell can be managed by one BS.

The licensed band is a band in which an exclusive use is guaranteed to aspecific communication protocol or a specific provider.

The unlicensed band is a band in which various communication protocolscoexist and a shared use is guaranteed. The unlicensed band may include2.5 GHz and/or 5 GHz band used in a WLAN.

It is assumed in the unlicensed band that a channel is occupiedbasically through contention between respective communication nodes.Therefore, in communication in the unlicensed band, it is required toconfirm that signal transmission is not achieved by other communicationnodes by performing channel sensing. For convenience, this is called alisten before talk (LBT), and if it is determined that signaltransmission is not achieved by other communication nodes, this case isdefined as confirmation of clear channel assessment (CCA).

The LBT must be performed preferentially in order for a BS or wirelessdevice of an LTE system to have access to a channel in the unlicensedband. Further, when the BS or wireless device of the LTE systemtransmits a signal, an interference problem may occur since othercommunication nodes such as the WLAN or the like also perform the LBT.For example, in the WLAN, a CCA threshold is defined as −62 dBm as to anon-WLAN signal and is defined as −82 dBm as to a WLAN signal. Thismeans that interference may occur in an LTE signal due to other WLANdevices when the LTE signal is received with power less than or equal to−62 dBm.

Hereinafter, when it is said that ‘LBT is performed’ or ‘CCA isperformed’, it implies that whether a channel is idle or is used byanother node is confirmed first and thereafter the channel is accessed.

Hereinafter, the LTE and the WLAN are described for example as acommunication protocol used in the unlicensed band. This is forexemplary purposes only, and thus it may also be said that a 1stcommunication protocol and a 2nd communication protocol are used in theunlicensed band. A BS supports the LTE. A UE is a device supporting theLTE.

Hereinafter, although it is described that downlink (DL) transmission isbased on transmission performed by a BS and uplink (UL) transmission isbased on transmission performed by a UE, the DL transmission and the ULtransmission may also be performed by a transmission node or node groupin a wireless network. The UE may imply an individual node which existsfor each user, and the BS may imply a central node fortransmitting/receiving and controlling data for a plurality ofindividual nodes. From this perspective, the term ‘BS’ may be replacedwith a DL node, and the term ‘UE’ may be replaced with a UL node.

A cell operating in an unlicensed band is called an unlicensed cell or alicensed-assisted access (LAA) cell, and a cell operating in a licensedband is called a licensed cell. For clarity, it is assumed that thelicensed cell is a primary cell, and the unlicensed cell is a secondarycell.

Now, a power headroom report (PHR) in 3GPP LTE will be described.

In 3GPP LTE, DL/UL scheduling is achieved in a unit of subframe. Asubframe includes a plurality of orthogonal frequency divisionmultiplexing (OFDM) symbols, and a time required to transmit onesubframe is called a transmission time interval (TTI). 1TTI may be 1 ms.In 3GPP LTE, 1 subframe includes 14 OFDM symbols in a normal cyclicprefix (CP), and 1 subframe includes 12 OFDM symbols in an extended CP.

In 3GPP LTE, a DL physical channel may include a physical downlinkcontrol channel (PDCCH), a physical control format indicator channel(PCFICH), a physical hybrid-ARQ indicator channel (PHICH), and aphysical downlink shared channel (PDSCH). A UL physical channel mayinclude a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) and a physical uplinkshared channel (PUSCH). Control information transmitted through thePDCCH is called downlink control information (DCI). The DCI may includePDSCH resource allocation (also referred to as a downlink (DL) grant) orPUSCH resource allocation (also referred to as an uplink (UL) grant).

The PHR is used to provide a BS with information on a difference betweenmaximum transmit power of a wireless device and estimated power for ULtransmission. The wireless device calculates a power headroom for eachconfigured cell, and reports it through MAC signaling or RRC signalingto the BS periodically or when a specific event is satisfied. A PHRreported by the wireless device in any cell in any subframe may includea power headroom for all cells configured to the wireless device.

FIG. 2 shows an example of a MAC control element (CE) used in a PHR.

Cr indicates whether there is a power headroom of an r-th cell. If a Crfield is ‘1’, it indicates that there is a PH field of a cell having anindex r. A V field indicates whether it is an actual power headroom or avirtual power headroom. A PHc(i) field indicates a power headroom in asubframe i of a serving cell c. Pcmax,c(i) indicates maximum transmitpower of a corresponding cell used in calculation of the power headroom.The number of fields and a size thereof are for exemplary purposes only.

Pcmax,c(i) is calculated as maximum power that can be transmitted in acorresponding cell in a situation where the wireless device satisfies arestriction requirement for a transmission spectrum by considering alltransmissions in the corresponding cell or other cells in acorresponding subframe.

The actual power headroom is calculated based on power required when thewireless device transmits a corresponding signal at an actualtransmission time point in any cell. The actual power headroom iscalculated by considering scheduling information such as a bandwidth, atransmission format, a code rate, a modulation scheme, or the like usedto transmit a corresponding signal. The virtual power headroom iscalculated based on required power if a signal is transmitted at a timewhen the signal is not actually transmitted. The virtual power headroomis calculated by assuming a virtual signal format.

For example, when the wireless device transmits a PUSCH without a PUCCHin a subframe i of a serving cell c, the actual power headroom may becalculated as follows.PH _(c)(i)={10 log₁₀(M _(PUSCH,c)(i))+P _(O_PUSCH,c)(j)+α_(c)(j)PL_(c)+Δ_(TF,c)(i)+f _(c)(i)}  [Equation 1]

Herein, Pcmax,c(I) denotes transmit power configured in a subframe i ofa serving cell c, and M_(PUSCH,c)(i) denotes a bandwidth allocated toPUSCH transmission. P_(O_PUSCH,c)(j), α_(c)(j), Δ_(TF,c)(i), andf_(c)(i) denote parameters. PL_(c) denotes an estimated DL path losscalculated by the wireless device.

The virtual power headroom may be calculated as follows.PH _(c)(i)=P _(cmax,c)(i)−{P _(O_PUSCH,c)(1)+α_(c)(1)+f_(c)(i)}  [Equation 2]

Herein, P′cmax,c(i) denotes transmit power calculated by assuming aspecific level in a subframe i of a serving cell c. P_(O_PUSCH,c)(1),α_(c)(1), and f_(c)(i) are parameters.

FIG. 3 shows UL transmission in 3GPP according to the conventionaltechnique.

A wireless device receives a UL grant on a PDCCH in a subframe n-k. Thewireless device transmits a PUSCH based on the UL grant on a subframe n.In frequency division duplex (FDD), k=4. Since a length of 1 subframe is1 ms, a processing time of at least 4 ms is ensured from reception ofthe UL grant to PUSCH transmission.

In an unlicensed band, LBT must be first performed in order for thewireless device to have access to a wireless channel. If the wirelesschannel is busy as a result of performing the LBT in the subframe n, thewireless device defers or abandon PUSCH transmission. That is, ifanother node occupies the wireless channel between the subframe n-k andthe subframe n, UL scheduling of a BS may be meaningless. A possibilitythat another node occupies the wireless channel may decrease when avalue k decreases, but there is a problem in that capability of thewireless device must be further increased. 2-stage UL scheduling isproposed to decrease a time difference between the UL scheduling of theBS and actual UL transmission.

FIG. 4 shows an example of proposed 2-stage UL scheduling. This is anexample of UL transmission in an LAA cell.

A wireless device receives initial DCI on a first PDCCH in a subframen-p. l, p, and v are natural numbers satisfying l<=p<=v. The first PDCCHmay be subjected to cyclic redundancy check (CRC) masking based on acell-radio network temporary identifier (C-RNTI) of the wireless device.The initial DCI includes a UL grant for PUSCH transmission. In addition,the initial DCI may indicate whether a PUSCH will be transmitted withouttriggering DCI (this is called ‘non-triggered scheduling’) or the PUSCHwill be transmitted after receiving the triggering DCI (this is called‘triggering scheduling’).

Table 1 shows information included in initial DCI. Not all fields arenot essential, and a field name is for exemplary purposes only.

TABLE 1 Field name Description UL grant Resource allocation informationfor PUSCH transmission Scheduling flag It indicates non-triggeringscheduling or triggering scheduling Timing offset Timing offset forPUSCH transmission. It is indicated by k. Triggering time Offset fortransmitting triggering DCI. It is window indicated by v. When atriggering flag indicates triggering scheduling, this field may bevalid. Scheduled subframe The number of consecutive subframes in whichPUSCH is transmitted. CSI(channel state Triggering of aperiodic CSIreporting information indicator) request

If initial DCI indicates triggering scheduling, the wireless devicereceives triggering DCI on a second PDCCH in the subframe n. Thetriggering DCI may include information on a triggering flag and atriggering offset. The triggering flag indicates triggering of PUSCHtransmission. The triggering offset indicates the value l. Uponreceiving the initial DCI and the triggering DCI, the wireless devicemay know when the PUSCH will be transmitted on the basis of the timingoffset k of the initial DCI and the triggering offset 1 of thetriggering offset. The wireless device may receive the triggering DCI inthe subframe n, and may transmit the PUSCH in the subframe n+k+l.

If the initial DCI indicates non-triggering scheduling, the wirelessdevice receives the initial DCI in the subframe n, and transmits thePUSCH in the subframe n+k+l. In case of the non-triggering scheduling, lmay be 4.

Upon receiving the initial DCI, the wireless device prepares a transportblock for PUSCH transmission according to a UL grant. In addition, uponreceiving the triggering DCI, the PUSCH may be transmitted within a timeshorter than 4 ms.

Now, a PHR is described when 2-stage UL scheduling is performed.

The wireless device cannot know when the PUSCH will be transmitted untilthe triggering DCI is received after the initial DCI is received.Therefore, if a time of transmitting the PUSCH after the triggering DCIis received is significantly short, a time of calculating a powerheadroom included together in PUSCH transmission may be insufficient.

FIG. 5 shows a PHR according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In an unlicensed cell, a wireless device receives initial DCI for PUSCHtransmission on a first PDCCH (S510). The wireless device receivestriggering DCI on a second PDCCH (S520). The wireless device calculatesa power headroom for the unlicensed cell (S530). The wireless devicereports the power headroom (S540).

Now, a method of calculating a power headroom for an unlicensed cellsubjected to 2-stage UL scheduling is proposed.

In a first embodiment, a power headroom for a serving cell subjected to2-stage UL scheduling may be excluded in a PHR. This is because a timefor calculating a power headroom of a corresponding cell may beinsufficient after receiving triggering DCI.

In a second embodiment, a power headroom for a serving cell subjected to2-stage UL scheduling may always be included in a PHR. Even iftriggering DCI is not received, an actual power headroom may becalculated by assuming corresponding PUSCH transmission for a cell whichhas received initial DCI. Alternatively, if the triggering DCI is notreceived, a virtual power headroom may be calculated for the cell whichhas received the initial DCI.

If the triggering DCI is received after a specific time, the virtualpower headroom may be calculated, and if it is received before thespecific time, the actual power headroom may be calculated. When thepower headroom is reported on a PUSCH in a subframe n, if the triggeringDCI is received in a subframe n-q or before then, the actual powerheadroom may be calculated by considering corresponding PUSCHtransmission. If the triggering DCI is received after the subframe n-q,the virtual power headroom is calculated without consideringcorresponding PUSCH transmission. A value q may be predetermined or maybe given by initial DCI or RRC signaling. For example, q=4.

For example, the wireless device receives the initial DCI in which atriggering flag indicates triggering scheduling in a subframe n-p of anunlicensed cell. The wireless device receives triggering DCI in asubframe n of the unlicensed cell. The wireless device transmits a powerheadroom of the unlicensed cell on a PUSCH in a subframe n+k+l of theunlicensed cell. If (k+l)>=q, the power headroom of the unlicensed cellis an actual power headroom. If (k+l)<q, the power headroom of theunlicensed cell is a virtual power headroom.

For another example, it is assumed that the wireless device receives aUL grant indicating a first PUSCH in a subframe n-4 of a first servingcell (licensed cell or unlicensed cell). The first PUSCH is used in PHRtransmission. When the first serving cell is an unlicensed cell, a ULgrant for the first PUSCH may be included in DCI in which a triggeringflag indicates non-triggering scheduling. The wireless device receivesinitial DCI for a second PUSCH in a second serving cell (unlicensedcell). If triggering DCI is not received in a subframe n-q of the secondserving cell or before then, a virtual power headroom not consideringtransmission of the second PUSCH is calculated as a power headroom ofthe second serving cell. When the triggering DCI is received in thesubframe n-q of the second serving cell or before then, an actual powerheadroom considering transmission of the second PUSCH is calculated asthe power headroom of the second serving cell. The PHR including thepower headroom of the first and second serving cells is transmitted onthe first PUSCH of the first serving cell.

In a third embodiment, for 2-stage UL scheduled serving cell, a powerheadroom may always be calculated and reported without consideration ofscheduled PUSCH transmission. This is because there may not be enoughtime to calculate the power headroom until the PUSCH is transmittedafter the triggering DCI is received.

For example, the wireless device receives the initial DCI in which atriggering flag indicates triggering scheduling in a subframe n-p of anunlicensed cell. The wireless device receives triggering DCI in asubframe n of the unlicensed cell. The wireless device transmits a powerheadroom of the unlicensed cell on a PUSCH in a subframe n+k+l of theunlicensed cell. The power headroom of the unlicensed cell is a virtualpower headroom calculated without consideration of the PUSCHtransmission.

In a fourth embodiment, for a serving cell subjected to 2-stage ULscheduling, the wireless device may randomly select and calculate anyone of an actual power headroom and a virtual power headroom.

Now, aperiodic CSI reporting is described.

As shown in Table 1, a CSI request for requesting CSI reporting may beincluded in initial DCI. If the CSI request is included, a wirelessdevice reports CSI on a PUSCH after receiving triggering DCI. Thewireless device cannot know a specific subframe at which the PUSCH willbe transmitted until the triggering DCI is received after receivinginitial DCI. Therefore, similarly to a power headroom, there is an issueto be considered as to which time will be a criterion for calculatingthe CSI.

In a first embodiment, the wireless device may determine a subframe inwhich the CSI will be calculated based on a subframe in which theinitial DCI is received. It is assumed that the CSI is measured in asubframe n-n_(CSI). The subframe n-n_(CSI) may correspond to a value DLsubframe no later than a subframe in which initial DCI is received. Thevalue n_(CSI) may satisfy n_(CSI)>=p.

In a second embodiment, even if the CSI request is included in theinitial DCI, the wireless device may not report the CSI or may reportpredetermined information (e.g., out of range). When the triggering DCIis received in a subframe n and the PUSCH is transmitted in a subframen+k+l, if (k+l) is less than a specific value, the wireless device maynot report the CSI or may report the predetermined information. Thespecific value may be 2, 3, or 4.

The wireless device may inform a BS of PHR capability and/or CSIreporting capability on the basis of a time difference of triggering DCIreception and PUSCH transmission.

It is difficult for the wireless device to predict the time differencebetween DCI (initial DCI and/or triggering DCI) reception and PUSCHtransmission. Therefore, when a transmit power control (TPC) command isincluded in the DCI, there is an issue as to when to apply the TPCcommand to UL transmission. In an embodiment, the TCP command may beapplied from a subframe in which DCI is received to a subframe Y. Y maybe fixed (e.g., Y=4) by considering a processing time of the wirelessdevice, or may vary depending on capability of the wireless device, ormay be included in the DCI. In another embodiment, the TCP command maybe applied from PUSCH transmission. If a UL grant having a new TPCcommand is given between DCI reception and PUSCH transmission, a valueobtained by accumulating two TPCs may be applied to subsequent PUSCHtransmission or may be applied to both of two PUSCH transmissions.

In the 2-stage UL scheduling, PUSCH transmission is triggered throughtwo pieces of DCI. Therefore, a possibility that incorrect PUSCHtriggering occurs may be higher than 1-stage UL scheduling. For example,this is a case where a triggering flag in initial DCI indicatestriggering scheduling, but the wireless device detects this asnon-triggering scheduling. In order to prevent the wireless device fromincorrect detection, a predefined bit may be included in the initial DCIand/or the triggering DCI. If the predefined bit is correct, thewireless device may determine that the received DCI is correct.Alternatively, a CRC size of the initial DCI may be different from a CRCsize of the triggering DCI. For example, the CRC size of the initial DCImay be greater than the CRC size of the triggering DCI.

Hereinafter, a scheme of supporting positioning according to various CElevels in a mobile communication system supporting coverage enhancement(CE) is proposed.

A machine type communication (MTC) application or an Internet of Things(IoT) application requires a mechanical characteristic such as low costand low power. In addition thereto, since a plurality of devices aredisposed to a specific region, a coverage issue is important. This isbecause the plurality of devices disposed inside a building may undergoa serious path loss or penetration loss. Ever since the release 13, 3rdgeneration partnership project (3GPP) long term evolution (LTE) hassupported coverage enhancement (CE) to support devices which undergo agreat path loss. In order to support coverage enhancement of up to atleast 15 dB, it is being introduced that a downlink channel and anuplink channel are transmitted repeatedly across a plurality ofsubframes or a plurality of frequency units.

A positioning reference signal (PRS) defined in 3GPP LTE is a signalmeasured for positioning of a wireless device. A pseudo-randomquadrature phase shift keying (QPSK) sequence which is disposed with aninterval of 6 resource elements (REs), which is frequency-shiftedaccording to a cell ID, and of which a seed is determined according tothe cell ID is used in one OFDM symbol. A PRS is transmitted in an OFDMsymbol excluding an OFDM symbol in which a PDCCH and a cell-specificreference signal (CRS) are transmitted in a subframe. The PRS istransmitted in consecutive N subframes. Herein, N=1, 2, 4, 6. Atransmission period of the PRS may be 160, 320, 640, and 1280 subframes.A transmission bandwidth of the PRS may be 1.4 MHz, 3 MHz, 5 MHz, 10MHz, 15 MHZ, or 20 MHz. When assuming a transmission period of 160 ms,the PRS may be transmitted in consecutive 6 subframes through a PRSbandwidth of 1.4 MHz.

Meanwhile, when the wireless device measures a reference signal timingdifference (RSTD) for positioning by using a DL signal or PRS receivedfrom each neighboring cell, if different cells apply different CElevels, positioning performance may deteriorate due to a difference ofestimation accuracy between cells. A method is proposed in which thewireless device measures and reports the PRS in a network supportingvarious CE levels.

The PRS is a DL signal measured for positioning by the wireless device.A repetition count in a time domain of the PRS, a repetition count (anoccupied band) in a frequency domain of the PRS, or a combinationthereof is called a CE level. Reception signal power obtained bymeasuring the PRS is called reference signal reception power (RSRP), andassociated information required in positioning such as reference signaltime difference (RSTD) or the like reported to a network is calledpositioning measurement information.

In a first embodiment, the wireless device may report the positioningmeasurement information only for a cell in which RSRP is greater than orequal to a specific level according to a CE level. The wireless devicereceives information on the CE level of each cell. The positioningmeasurement information may be reported only for a cell in which RSRP isgreater than or equal to a threshold according to the CE level of eachcell. The serving cell may report to the wireless device an RSRPthreshold depending on each CE level or CE level range.

In a second embodiment, the wireless device may report positioningmeasurement information only for a cell in which a CE level is greaterthan or equal to a threshold according to an RSRP range. The wirelessdevice receives information on the CE level of each cell from a servingcell. The wireless device reports the positioning measurementinformation only for a cell in which a CE level is greater than or equalto a threshold according to a range of RSRP measured in a correspondingcell. The serving cell may inform the wireless device of a threshold ofa CE level depending on each RSRP range.

In a third embodiment, the wireless device may report positioningmeasurement information by combining measurement values obtained from aplurality of PRSs. The wireless device combines measurement valuesobtained in a plurality of PRS units (e.g., a plurality of subframes).The number of PRS units to be combined may be determined according toRSRP, or may be determined such that a combined PRS SINR value isgreater than or equal to a threshold. A serving cell may inform thewireless device of information on the minimum number of PRS units to becombined according to the RSRP and/or the threshold of the PRS SINRvalue.

In a fourth embodiment, the wireless device may report positioningmeasurement information only for a cell in which the combined PRS SINRis greater than or equal to the threshold. The wireless device mayobtain the positioning measurement information by combining theplurality of PRS units. The wireless device may report the positioningmeasurement information only for a cell in which the combined PRS SINRis greater than or equal to the threshold. The serving cell may informthe wireless device of the PRS SINR threshold which is a criterion forreporting the positioning measurement information.

In a fifth embodiment, a positioning scheme may be configured accordingto a CE level required for the wireless device. It may be not desirablein terms of a system overhead to repeatedly transmit a PRS during manysubframes in order to support a great CE level by a BS performing DLtransmission only with some limited bands as in NB-IoT transmission.Accordingly, a positioning scheme (e.g., observed time difference ofarrival (OTDOA)) based on PRS measurement may be applied to a wirelessdevice requiring less than a specific CE level, and a positioning scheme(e.g., uplink=time difference of arrival (UTDOA)) based on a ULtransmission transmitted by the wireless device may be applied to awireless device requiring more than a specific CE level. Specifically, apositioning scheme based on a UL signal may be applied to a wirelessdevice configured with an upper CE level out of a plurality of CE levelssupported by the BS.

In a sixth embodiment, the wireless device may report a cell (or cellgroup) in which a positioning measurement can be reported. It may bedifficult to perform reliable positioning measurement in a cell (orcarrier) allocated according to a coverage level of the wireless device.The wireless device may report a cell which does not satisfy PRSmeasurement quality or may report the cell which satisfies the PRSmeasurement quality. In addition, RS measurement quality expected ineach cell may be reported together. The PRS measurement quality mayinclude a CE level, RSRP, SINR, etc. A network may inform the wirelessdevice of a threshold of the PRS measurement quality.

In the aforementioned first to sixth embodiments, information providedby the serving cell to the wireless device may be delivered by alocation server not via the serving cell but directly to the wirelessdevice. Alternatively, the information may be delivered by the locationserver via the serving cell to which the wireless device has access.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a wireless communication systemaccording to an embodiment of the present invention.

A wireless device 50 includes a processor 51, a memory 52, and atransceiver 53. The memory 52 is coupled to the processor 51, and storesvarious instructions executed by the processor 51. The transceiver 53 iscoupled to the processor 51, and transmits and/or receives a radiosignal. The processor 51 implements the proposed functions, procedures,and/or methods. In the aforementioned embodiment, an operation of thewireless device may be implemented by the processor 51. When theaforementioned embodiment is implemented with a software instruction,the instruction may be stored in the memory 52, and may be executed bythe processor 51 to perform the aforementioned operation.

A BS 60 includes a processor 61, a memory 62, and a transceiver 63. TheBS 60 may operate in an unlicensed band. The memory 62 is coupled to theprocessor 61, and stores various instructions executed by the processor61. The transceiver 63 is coupled to the processor 61, and transmitsand/or receives a radio signal. The processor 61 implements the proposedfunctions, procedures, and/or methods. In the aforementioned embodiment,an operation of the BS may be implemented by the processor 61.

The processor may include Application-Specific Integrated Circuits(ASICs), other chipsets, logic circuits, and/or data processors. Thememory may include Read-Only Memory (ROM), Random Access Memory (RAM),flash memory, memory cards, storage media and/or other storage devices.The transceiver may include a baseband circuit for processing a radiosignal. When the above-described embodiment is implemented in software,the above-described scheme may be implemented using a module (process orfunction) which performs the above function. The module may be stored inthe memory and executed by the processor. The memory may be disposed tothe processor internally or externally and connected to the processorusing a variety of well-known means.

In the above exemplary systems, although the methods have been describedon the basis of the flowcharts using a series of the steps or blocks,the present invention is not limited to the sequence of the steps, andsome of the steps may be performed at different sequences from theremaining steps or may be performed simultaneously with the remainingsteps. Furthermore, those skilled in the art will understand that thesteps shown in the flowcharts are not exclusive and may include othersteps or one or more steps of the flowcharts may be deleted withoutaffecting the scope of the present invention.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method for reporting channel state information(CSI) in a wireless communication system, the method performed by awireless device and comprising: receiving a first uplink grant forindicating that a transmission of a physical uplink shared channel(PUSCH) is triggered by a second uplink grant in a first subframe on aLicensed-Assisted Access (LAA) cell, the first uplink grant furtherrequesting a report of an aperiodic CSI, the first uplink grantincluding a first timing offset; receiving the second uplink grant fortriggering the transmission of the PUSCH in a second subframe on the LAAcell, the second uplink grant including a second timing offset;determining a third subframe in which the PUSCH is to be transmittedbased on the first timing offset and the second timing offset; computingthe aperiodic CSI based on a valid subframe no later than the firstsubframe in which the first uplink grant is received; and transmittingthe PUSCH in the third subframe on the LAA cell, the PUSCH including thecomputed aperiodic CSI.
 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the LAA cellis a secondary cell to be activated by a primary cell.
 3. The method ofclaim 1, wherein the first subframe is a subframe n, the second subframeis a subframe n+k, and the third subframe is a subframe n+k+l, where nis a natural number, k is a value obtained from the first timing offsetand 1 is a value obtained from the second timing offset.
 4. A device forreporting channel state information (CSI) in a wireless communicationsystem, the device comprising: a processor; and a memory operativelycoupled with the processor and configured to store instructions that,when executed by the processor, cause the device to perform functionscomprising: receiving a first uplink grant for indicating that atransmission of a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) is triggered bya second uplink grant in a first subframe on a Licensed-Assisted Access(LAA) cell, the first uplink grant further requesting a report of anaperiodic CSI, the first uplink grant including a first timing offset;receiving the second uplink grant for triggering the transmission of thePUSCH in a second subframe on the LAA cell, the second uplink grantincluding a second timing offset; determining a third subframe in whichthe PUSCH is to be transmitted based on the first timing offset and thesecond timing offset; computing the aperiodic CSI based on a validsubframe no later than the first subframe in which the first uplinkgrant is received; and transmitting the PUSCH in the third subframe onthe LAA cell, the PUSCH including the computed aperiodic CSI.
 5. Thedevice of claim 4, wherein the LAA cell is a secondary cell to beactivated by a primary cell.
 6. The device of claim 4, wherein the firstsubframe is a subframe n, the second subframe is a subframe n+k, and thethird subframe is a subframe n+k+l, where n is a natural number, k is avalue obtained from the first timing offset and 1 is a value obtainedfrom the second timing offset.